Joseph, Charles Sr.

Charles Joseph Sr. (Nickname: Boone, Kwakiulth First Nation) was born and grew up in AlertBay, a small town in British Columbia on Vancouver Island, NorthwestCoast. He is a Hamatsa Dancer and a member of the Ma'amtagila Band. He was raised by his grand parents before he was taken by missionaries when he was six years old and placed in a residential school without speaking English. Today he still speaks his langquage and passes on stories and precious knowledge learned from his great grand parents. Dancing and carving were his natural talents. He apprenticed with Bill Reid, Simon Dick, Beau Dick and Wayne Alfred.